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Bringing Home a New Yamaha Piano is Exciting, The Perfect Placement Makes it Even Better

Since you’ve made a visit to your Bay Area piano dealers and purchased the piano of your choice, you’ll want to maximize your investment by situating the instrument in the ideal position in your home. The discussion below will address some of the relevant points for you to consider when positioning your new Yamaha piano at home, so that all the beautiful tones it is capable of producing can be fully appreciated by listeners. If you’re still browsing through the available Bay Area Yamaha pianos, you can also discuss this with vendors to add to your knowledge of piano placement.

Yamaha Piano Care

Owning a piano is an investment that can pay you back hugely in terms of enjoyment and relaxation. Like any investment, however, your piano needs attention and care. You need to maintain the instrument’s value and protect it from mechanical wear and tear. Continue reading →

Tuning your piano can be disruptive and potentially costly. And there’s always the possibility that the tuner might unearth serious problems that will require lots of money and time to fix. It may seem easier to languish in ignorance, cross your fingers, and hope the instrument will somehow “tune itself.” But burying your head in the proverbial sand can cost you money over the long term – particularly if you need a high quality piano to record, practice or compose. Continue reading →

Piano Tuning: How often should i do it? 4 Things to Consider

Whether you’re a budding Bay Area concert pianist, who spends three to four hours a day practicing your craft; or you’re a studio musician or casual instrumentalist, you need a system to keep your instrument tuned and ready for action. Continue reading →

Perhaps you have “perfect pitch” and you relish the challenge of tuning your own piano to make sure it sounds “just right” for a recording session or concert performance. Or maybe you have just simply noticed that your old baby grand is not sounding quite right when your daughter plays her scales, and you crave a solution that’s not going to cost you an arm and a leg. Continue reading →

Bay Area Piano Sales – New & Used Pianos – Rentals and Lessons

Welcome to Pianos Plus – Pianos Plus has been selling Yamaha and other piano brands for over 40 plus years. We offer a warehouse and piano showroom full of Yamaha Acoustic and Digital Pianos. We also offer used pianos, piano rentals and piano lessons too. Visit our East Bay Piano store located in Castro Valley California for first class service and quality Yamaha and other piano brands. Have a question about our pianos and or services? Call 510-581-1660 or use our on-line request form